This actually makes the most sense. Maybe he's be
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This would truly be a perfect storm if it were the case. All of the flippers left, this caused those MM's to short. After news, there's no flippers, and the MM's have to buy back the shares they shorted. We could easily see $2 or more if this were the case.
It would also make sense why BMAK never really traded and always stayed above any other MM on the ASK. Maybe they didn't want to have to short shares, knowing this was coming.
The true longs would stay, regardless (unless denial). It would greatly reward the longs, and kill off all shorts.